1 Chronicles 11:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.”
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“Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, `Lo, thy bone and thy flesh <FI>are<Fi> we;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 11:1 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 29:14Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
- Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 17:15you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
- Judges 9:2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- 2 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 19:12You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
- 1 Kings 2:11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 12:23Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
- 1 Chronicles 12:24From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
- Ephesians 5:30For we are members of His body.
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